How do you organize R&D? The CTO from Procter & Gamble, Bruce Brown, gave an excellent presentation on "Why Innovation Matters: Mastering a Reliable, Repeatable Process" as the opening...
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June 06, 2018
Atlanta, Ga. (June 6, 2018)— EMOTIV Founder and CEO Tan Le was presented with the Innovation Research Interchange (IRI) Achievement Award at the IRI Annual Conference today. This prestigious award is...
What are your leading safety metrics? We are the process of taking a critical look at our leading safety metrics (predictive injury metrics) and have narrowed down the list with strongest correlation...
June 12, 2020
We Stand in Solidarity #BlackLivesMatter Over the past two weeks, IRI has stood in solidarity and remained absent from social media as a sign of respect. We can no longer remain silent. We are...
May 24, 2016
Orlando, FL (May 24, 2016) —That today’s world is experiencing rapid, and accelerating, change is a frequently cited fact by innovation thought leaders and R&D executives. Where is all this...
November 01, 2014
Why didn't Sony invent the iPod? The Japanese company had all of the technical elements needed, plus access to a powerful music list through its Sony Music label and every bit of the design cachet...
Do you have a career ladder for administrative assistants? We are one of the largest consumer products companies with dual ladders for our technical professionals. Our administrative assistants are...
How do you measure performance of R&D projects? We are considering implementing a model to measure/evaluate performance of R&D projects, specifically, their EFFICIENCY. (EFFICIENCY = OUTPUT...
How do you handle IP when collaborating with universities? How do organizations work through the complexities of IP ownership when collaborating with universities in an open innovation environment?...
March 12, 2019
Research-Technology Management , the award-winning journal of the Innovation Research Interchange, seeks articles for a special issue on Open Source Innovation . Open source approaches to innovation...
October 17, 2016
Imagine a factory that never stops and is constantly re-inventing itself to continuously improve products and how they are made. Enabled by a digital thread that weds virtual tools with physical...
Friday July 03, 2020
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4Pandemic Spotlights AI’s Rising Role in Health Care
The recent COVID-19 pandemic provided a showcase for artificial intelligence (AI) technology’s uses in health care, from...
March 01, 2005
Firms have no choice today but to disperse their new product units in order to access dispersed knowledge and skills. As a result, there is a general movement toward “virtual” R&D teams (1). But...
Have you introduced an open workstation environment to your organization? Recent research suggests that an open workstation work environment is optimal for collaboration and interaction in the work...
Innovation Research Interchange (formerly the Industrial Research Institute) is an inclusive membership organization with hundreds of global members in private-sector companies and federally funded...
October 16, 2007
Lincolnshire, IL - For his contributions in the field of cryogenic air separation, finding new designs by thinking about process and energy integrations in novel ways, and substantially improving a...